PIRATES, 31-26Just a quick halftime note.The Loggers had no clue how to attack Whitworth's 1-3-1 zone early on, with UPS scoring just four points in the first 11 minutes, 58 seconds. Usually by then it would have scored about 28 points.The Pirates led at that…
SEAHAWKSWe should be looking forward to Sunday NFC playoff game with the Bears, but before we do I have a question.How many of you are planning on attending the Hawks' training camp this August in Cheney? Just show your hands. You, you, you, wow, that's…
VANDALS, EAGLES, PIRATES, HUSKIES, COLLEGE BASKETBALLIt looked like Idaho was going to pull its biggest upset of the season, especially when the Vandals built a double-digit lead in the second half.Then it all fell apart.Idaho went through a scoring drought, New Mexico State caught fire…
COUGARS, 73-56Well, the ranking didn't jinx them. Neither did playing on the road. Nor the Cal Bears.The Cougars took control of Thursday's Pac-10 game early and never gave any indication they would ever lose it, methodically building an insurmountable lead and breezing to their fourth…
COUGARS, 40-28The first half couldn't have gone too much better for WSU, other than a couple of fouls apiece on Robbie Cowgill and Ivory Clark.Looking at the statistics, the Cougs dominate in almost every category. WSU is shooting 55 percent from the floor, Cal 40…
COUGARS PREGAMEAs the Cougars prepare to take the floor as a ranked team – something that hasn't happened in any of their player's lifetimes – we'll see if there is any extra pressure.I don't see why. Do the players really think about their team's ranking…
MORRISON WATCHAdam Morrison was on the Dan Patrick show today, with very little of the conversation expressly about basketball.There was the usual hair and moustache questions (which come up again in this Jack McCallum piece on SI.com), the typical diabetes questions, you know, all the…
COUGARSWe've heard a lot about the 1982-83 Cougars recently, owing to the fact they were the last group of basketball-playing Coug men to be ranked.But how much do these current Cougs know about that 22-6 team? Well, read Glenn Kasses' story and you'll find out.I'll…
EAGLESEastern is averaging 86.4 points a game, its highest total in 35 years. But the Eagles are 8-8 overall, 2-2 in Big Sky play. If you want to know why, it might be because, though EWU has scored 100 points three times, its given up…
PREPSIf you had a chance to see today's S-R, you know wrestling took center stage – and most of the front page – on this, Prep Page day.Mike Vlahovich's column features a look at the end of era at Lakeside High, where Scott Jones (pictured;…
COLLEGE FOOTBALLJust one note I want to talk about.USC's Pete Carroll held a press conference Tuesday and said he's not leaving the Trojans, even if someone offers him everything he wants.I guess I'm being cynical but my first thought was: So how long before he…
BASEBALLOK, I'm happy.Mark McGwire received enough votes to stay on the Hall of Fame ballot. He didn't receive enough to be elected to the Hall. So his name will be brought up every year, his action debated, his muscles examined. The steroid issue will stay…
CHIEFS, WHLThe Spokane Chiefs will host the Kamloops Blazers tonight (7; 790-AM) at the Arena, coming in playing on a roll.A big part of that is the play of 19-year-old Michael Grabner the last six games. Jeff Bunch profiles Grabner and his most recent "Grabner…
MORRISON WATCHKevin Brewer of the Washington Times thinks this is the worst NBA rookie class of all time.He might be right, but it would help his argument if he got his facts right. He calls Morrison "the rare great college player who stayed in school…
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLThe Hall of Fame voting was just announced and, though neither was a unanimous choice, Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn were elected on the first ballot. You can see the AP story here.Ripken was named on 98.53 of the ballots, third best percentage…
VANDALSRobb Akey is an energetic person. He also doesn't waste a lot of time.The Vandals' new football coach has filled his coaching staff, announcing four new additions Monday. They include Mark Criner, whose uncle Herb is a Coeur d'Alene football coaching legend. Check Jim Meehan's…
COLLEGE FOOTBALLUrban Meyer needs to send Karl Dorrell a case of bubbly.If UCLA hadn't blitzed the USC Trojans, Florida wouldn't have had the opportunity to show what it could do Monday night. And what it could do was impressive.The Gators' win boosted them to the…
COUGARS UPDATED: 10:35 A.M.There is basketball news – big news – and football news.You can catch up at Glenn Kasses' blog, and you can read today's stories in the S-R.The biggest news, of course, is the Cougs being ranked for the first time since 1983,…
BULLDOGSIt was supposed to be a high-scoring affair. Instead it turned out to be a sloppy, methodical Gonzaga win, 69-52, over Pepperdine at the McCarthey Athletic Center.You can read the game story here.I'll be back soon with a commentary.
SEAHAWKS UPDATED: 11:55 A.M.As you might expect, the news Seattle will be playing in Chicago again next Sunday (10 a.m.; KAYU; 920-AM) was all over the Puget Sound papers.From the News Tribune there was an advance and a John McGrath column. In the P-I, Art…
Some late links for your Sunday evening reading …The Hawks' opponent for next weekend has been decided. With the Philadelphia Eagles winning, Seattle will be headed to Chicago to face the Bears. Expect more than a handful of stories about Rex Grossman, Brian Griese and…
COLLEGE BASKETBALLCovered the Cougs' upset – wait, wasn't it me that said not to use that word? – of seventh-ranked Arizona and Gonzaga's rout of Loyola Marymount pretty well Saturday, so we'll just link to our stories today and move on.But before we get there…
COLLEGE BASKETBALLIf you know me, you know I love basketball. Call it my secondary passion - eating doughnuts would be No. 1.So today was heaven, or would have been if there was a Dunkin' Donuts in Pullman.I understand the Seahawks won (don't tell me how…
COUGARSOK, it took five minutes more than it probably should have, but maybe that made it sweeter.And least that seemed to be the impression of the students who rushed the Friel Court floor after WSU had knocked off seventh-ranked Arizona 77-73 in overtime Saturday night.To…
ZAGSWe're here in Pullman and the ride was incredibly easy. Now we can take some time and look back at this afternoon's Gonzaga game.Talk about split personality. Now the question is, how split?How much was Gonzaga's 97-62 victory over Loyola Marymount, in the West Coast…
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